As a former footballer, Chris Anderson knows all about the ups and downs in sport. Anderson is hoping the wheel of fortune will turn to the lucky side when his three-year-old Mishani Bullitt runs at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Mishani Bullitt returns to the scene of his best run of the winter when he[...]

Damian Browne has been suspended for two months after being found guilty on a handling charge out of a Caloundra meeting. Stewards opened an inquiry after Browne's mount Fighting Teo ran sixth on June 1. It was adjourned to Wednesday where further evidence was taken from Browne and trainer Kevin Kemp. After hearing the evidence,[...]

Regan Bayliss has been booked to ride Redkirk Warrior in the July Cup at Newmarket with the Lindsay Park team hoping to erase the memory of his unplaced effort behind Merchant Navy in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Tom Dabernig says he and fellow Lindsay Park trainers David and Ben Hayes have no[...]

Defending titleholder Redzel is back in work to prepare for the $13 million Everest with half the slots now decided following Damion Flower's announcement he had selected English. Flower said he had come to an agreement with the mare's owners, Newhaven Park, for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained mare to run for him in[...]

While the build-up to the spring is already intensifying, trainer Gerald Ryan has some unfinished winter business with stable favourite Red Excitement. The consistent gelding will run in Saturday's Listed Civic Stakes (1350m) at Rosehill as long as the track remains soft and doesn't deteriorate. “Provided we don't get a heap of rain he will[...]

Wise Hero has been freshened since his most recent start and trainer John Price is looking forward to taking the consistent gelding back to the races. Four-year-old Wise Hero has four wins and six placings from 11 starts and runs for the first time in four weeks in Saturday's 1200m-benchmark 84 handicap at Caulfield. Price[...]

Trainer David Payne is pleased to see a race for two-year-olds at Canterbury over longer than usual so he can test Commentator and Tarka with a view to their futures. Payne likes training stayers and believes they should start young with his two to run over 1550 metres in Wednesday's maiden. The Payne-trained Ace High[...]

Jamie Kah will reunite with talented filly Mintha when South Australia's premier jockey makes the trip to Melbourne for the midweek meeting at Moonee Valley. Kah has ridden 141 winners this season and heads to Moonee Valley for Wednesday's meeting having been booked to ride the Tony McEvoy-trained Mintha and Russell Osborne-trained Beautiful Bee. Both[...]

Trainer Dan McCarthy admits Ashlor's recent run of placings has been frustrating but he is hoping for a change of fortune for the talented sprinter at Caulfield. McCarthy has Ashlor and stablemate Liberty Song among the 46 nominations for Saturday's 1200m-benchmark 84 race but says his plan is to only run Ashlor. The highest-rated horse[...]

Having trained his first winner for OTI Racing, Matthew Smith is hoping the same horse can step up again at Rosehill. Plymouth Road led all the way to claim the 2400m-handicap at Randwick on Saturday and if he continues to please Smith, he will back up at Rosehill a week later. Terry Henderson's OTI Racing[...]

Improving Victorian mare Jamaican Rain is expected to get her preferred soft track when she tackles the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast. Trainer Richard Laming sent Jamaican Rain to Brisbane with the Group One Tatt's Tiara in mind but when she failed to make the field he instead accepted with her in the[...]

A running and handling inquiry into top Queensland jockey Damian Browne's ride on Fighting Teo at Caloundra will be heard after a three week delay. Stewards opened the inquiry after Fighting Teo ran sixth in a Class One handicap on June 1 as the $3 favourite. It was adjourned and will now be heard before[...]

Talented apprentice Fred Kersley is hoping to continue to make a mark in Melbourne having made the permanent move to the Lindsay Park stable. Kersley initially transferred to Victoria from Western Australia on loan to the Lindsay Park team of David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig in early December but shortly afterwards spent six[...]

Talented Seaway is likely to be top trainer Chris Waller's sole runner in the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas. The race holds a special place for Waller with Winx successful in 2015 to begin a streak of wins which now stands at 25, 18 at Group One levle. Waller said he was always keen to[...]

While Redkirk Warrior is on the other side of the world recovering from his unplaced run at Royal Ascot, another of Lindsay Park's open-age sprinters is building up for the spring. Vega Magic has only raced once this year when he failed in his defence of the Group One Goodwood in Adelaide last month, after[...]

PUNTERS were casting doubt in whether Horse of the Year Werther could return to its best form, but it proved any doubters wrong on Sunday when winning the Group 1 Champions & Chater Cup in emphatic fashion. The John Moore-trained thoroughbred received a great ride from Australian jockey Hugh Bowman, who produced the multiple group[...]

THE Brisbane Winter Carnival preparation for last year's Doomben 10,000 winner Music Magnate starts on Saturday in the Group Two Victory Stakes at Doomben. The five-year-old group one-winner enters the race as the favourite ahead of Winterbottom Stakes-winner Takedown, which is on the second line of betting at the $3.20 quote. Only thing that beats[...]